ARMY COMMANDERS OF THE TWENTY-SEVENTH.

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Army of the Potomac.

Major-General Ambrose E. Burnside,

Major-General Joseph Hooker,

Major-General George G. Meade.


Right Grand Division.

Major-General Edwin V. Sumner.


Second Army Corps.

Major-General Darius N. Couch,

Major-General Winfield S. Hancock.


First Division.

Major-General Winfield S. Hancock,

Major-General John C. Caldwell.


Third Brigade.

Brigadier-General Samuel R. Zook.


Fourth Brigade.

Brigadier-General John R. Brooke.

FIELD AND STAFF.

Rank. Name. Residence. Date of Commission. Remarks.
Colonel, [B]Richard S. Bostwick, New-Haven, Oct. 2d, 1862,
Lieut.-Colonel, [B]Henry C. Merwin, New-Haven, Oct. 2d, 1862, Promoted from Captain, Co. A. Killed at Gettysburg, July 2d, 1863.
Major, Theodore Byxbee, Meriden, Oct. 2d, 1862, Resigned, March 28th, 1863.
Major, [B]James H. Coburn, New-Haven, March 28th, 1863, Promoted from Captain, Co. A.
Adjutant, George F. Peterson, New-Haven, Oct. 6th, 1862,
Quartermaster, H. Lynde Harrison, Branford, Oct. 6th, 1862, Resigned, Jan. 20th, 1863.
Quartermaster, Ruel P. Cowles, New-Haven, April 1st, 1863, Appointed from Captain, Co. H.
Chaplain, John W. Leek, New-Haven, Nov. 10th, 1862, Resigned, March 25th, 1863, by reason of wound received at Fredericksburg.
Surgeon, Wm. O. McDonald, New-York, Jan. 17th, 1863, Discharged for promotion, May 23d, 1863.
1st Asst.-Surg., Thomas M. Hills, New-Haven, Oct. 27th, 1862, Discharged, Feb. 2d, 1863.
2d Asst.-Surg., Frederick S. Treadway, New-Haven, Oct. 18th, 1862, Resigned, March 24th, 1863.

NON-COMMISSIONED STAFF.

Rank. Name. Residence. Remarks.
Sergeant-Major, Edmund B. Cross, New-Haven, Promoted 2d Lieutenant, Co. B, March 25th, 1863.
Sergeant-Major, [B]Francis A. Foster, Milford, Appointed April 16th, 1863.
Q. M. Sergeant, Charles A. Baldwin, New-Haven, Appointed Oct. 8th, 1862.
Com.-Sergeant, John H. Steadman, Meriden, Appointed Oct. 8th, 1862.
Hospital Steward, Jesse W. Henry, Orange, Appointed Oct. 8th, 1862.

[B] Taken prisoner at Chancellorsville.

OFFICERS OF THE LINE.

Rank. Name. Residence. Date of Commission. Remarks.
COMPANY A.
Captain, Henry C. Merwin, New-Haven, Sept. 8th, 1862, Promoted to be Lieut.-Colonel, Oct. 2d, 1862. Killed at Gettysburg, July 2d, 1863.
1st Lieutenant, James H. Coburn, New-Haven, Sept. 8th, 1862, Promoted to be Captain, Oct. 2d, 1862, and Major, March 28th, 1863.
2d Lieutenant, [B]Frank D. Sloat, New-Haven, Sept. 8th, 1862, Promoted to be 1st Lieutenant, Oct. 2d, 1862, and Captain, March 28th, 1863.
2d Lieutenant, [B]Frank M. Chapman, New-Haven, Oct. 2d, 1862, Promoted to be 1st Lieutenant, March 28th, 1863.
2d Lieutenant, [B]Adelbert P. Munson, New-Haven, March 28th, 1863, Promoted from 1st Sergeant.
COMPANY B.
Captain, Calvin L. Ely, Branford, Sept. 13th, 1862,
1st Lieutenant, Daniel W. Fields, Wallingford, Sept. 13th, 1862, Resigned, March 25th, 1863.
2d Lieutenant, [B]George W. Elton, Wallingford, Sept. 13th, 1862, Promoted to be 1st Lieutenant, March 25th, 1863.
2d Lieutenant, [B]Edmund B. Cross, New-Haven, March 25th, 1863, Promoted from Sergeant-Major.
COMPANY C.
Captain, Addison C. Taylor, New-Haven, Sept. 11th, 1862, Died, March 13th, 1863, from wounds received at Fredericksburg.
Captain, [B]Ira S. Beers, New-Haven, March 13th, 1863, Promoted from 1st Lieutenant, Co. G.
1st Lieutenant, [B]Wm. R. Harmount, New-Haven, Sept. 11th, 1862,
2d Lieutenant, Chas. B. Brooks, New-Haven, Sept. 11th, 1862,
COMPANY D.
Captain, Cornelius J. Dubois, New-Haven, Sept. 10th, 1862,
1st Lieutenant, Frank H. Smith, New-Haven, Sept. 10th, 1862,
2d Lieutenant, Ellsworth A. Smith, New-Haven, Sept. 10th, 1862, Resigned, April 16th, 1863.
2d Lieutenant, Sewell A. Dodge, New-York, May 17th, 1863, Promoted from 1st Sergeant.
COMPANY E.
Captain, George F. Hotchkiss, Woodbridge, Sept. 13th, 1862, Resigned, April 20th, 1863.
1st Lieutenant, [B]David S. Thomas, New-Haven, Sept. 13th, 1862, Promoted to be Captain, May 1st, 1863.
2d Lieutenant, Wm. S. Rawson, New-Haven, Sept. 13th, 1862,
COMPANY F.
Captain, Joseph R. Bradley, East-Haven, Sept. 9th, 1862,
1st Lieutenant, De Witt C. Sprague, New-Haven, Sept. 9th, 1862, Honorably discharged, May 4th, 1863.
2d Lieutenant, Charles P. Prince, East-Haven, Oct. 18th, 1862, Promoted to be 1st Lieutenant, May 17th, 1863.
2d Lieutenant, Daniel Worcester, East-Haven, May 17th, 1863, Promoted from Sergeant.
COMPANY G.
Captain, Theodore Byxbee, Meriden, Sept. 3d, 1862, Promoted to be Major, Oct. 2d, 1862; resigned March 28th 1863.
1st Lieutenant, Ira S. Beers, New-Haven, Sept. 3d, 1862, Promoted to be Captain, Co. C, March 13th, 1863.
1st Lieutenant, [B]Stillman Rice, Madison, March 13th, 1863, Promoted from 2d Lieutenant, Co. I.
2d Lieutenant, [B]Samuel T. Birdsall, New-Haven, Sept. 3d, 1862, Promoted to be Captain, Oct. 2d, 1862.
2d Lieutenant, Frank B. Wright, Meriden, Oct. 3d, 1862,
COMPANY H.
Captain, Ruel P. Cowles, New-Haven, Sept. 11th, 1862, Resigned, April 1st, 1863, to accept Quartermastership.
1st Lieutenant, Jedediah Chapman, New-Haven, Sept. 11th, 1862, Promoted to be Captain, May 13th, 1863. Killed at Gettysburg, July 2d, 1863.
2d Lieutenant, [B]Orrin C. Burdict, New-Haven, Sept. 11th, 1862, Promoted to be 1st Lieutenant, May 13th, 1863.
2d Lieutenant, [B]Winthrop D. Sheldon, New-Haven, May 13th, 1863, Promoted from 1st Sergeant.
COMPANY I.
Captain, [B]Chas. M. Wilcox, Madison, Sept. 10th, 1862,
1st Lieutenant, [B]Samuel M. Smith, New-Haven, Sept. 10th, 1862,
2d Lieutenant, Stillman Rice, Madison, Sept. 10th, 1862, Promoted to be 1st Lieut., Co. G, March 13th, 1863.
2d Lieutenant, Charles W. Ely, Madison, March 13th, 1863, Promoted from 1st Sergeant; resigned June 4th, 1863.
COMPANY K.
Captain, Bernard E. Schweizer, New-Haven, Sept. 10th, 1862, Killed at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13th, 1862.
1st Lieutenant, [B]Oswald Eschrich, New-Haven, Sept. 10th, 1862, Promoted to be Captain, Feb. 28th, 1863.
2d Lieutenant, [B]Christian Weller, New-Haven, Sept. 10th, 1862, Promoted to be 1st Lieutenant, Feb. 28th, 1863.
2d Lieutenant, [B]Wm. Muhlner, New-Haven, Feb. 28th, 1863, Promoted from 1st Sergeant.

[B] Taken prisoner at Chancellorsville.


COLOR-BEARERS.

SERGEANTS.

James Brand.
Amos N. Benton.

By Promotion.

John F. Sanford.

COLOR-GUARD.

CORPORALS.

James L. Ambler.
John M. Bristol.
James W. Baird.
Joseph R. Clark.
Joseph B. De Witt.
John F. Sanford.
Sydney R. Thompson.
Henry E. Wing.

By Promotion.

William L. Bodwell.
Sydney H. Plumb.
Joseph Stevens.
George W. Tibbals.
George E. Treadwell.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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